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04/06 4pm-7pm: WMA Talk: Dorit Bar-On (University of Connecticut): 'Four Milestones in the Evolution of Human Pragmatic Communication’.

Donna McIntyre — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:47:08 GMT

When: 4pm - 7pm, Thu, 04 Jun '26

Where: S0.20

Dorit Bar-On (University of Connecticut): 'Four Milestones in the Evolution of Human Pragmatic Communication’.

Abstract:

So-called Protolanguage is a theoretical construct designed to help explain the phylogenetic emergence of human language from animal communication systems. In Expression, Communication, and Origins of Meaning (forthcoming, OUP), I argue that Protolanguage ought to be conceived as pragmatically (and therefore psychologically) intermediate, and this places certain substantive constraints on the psychological capacities with which we can credit our nonlinguistic ancestors. In particular, we should not credit them with a capacity for Gricean mindreading and the ability to entertain language-like thoughts.

In this talk, I describe four proposed hypothetical milestones on our ancestors’ path toward a pragmatically intermediate Protolanguage (“PIP”), relying on a combination of empirical and theoretical considerations. These milestones can be used to describe a phylogenetic trajectory leading from an ancestral communication system that resembled existing forms of animal communication to PIP. Clarifying the character of – the fourth milestone – and of the preceding three milestones, should, I believe, also shed some light on our ancestor’s progression from PIP to human linguistic pragmatic communication.

07/05 12pm-2pm: Summer Seminar 2026: Thomas Nagel, The View from Nowhere

Donna McIntyre — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:11:47 GMT

When: 12pm - 2pm, Thu, 07 May '26

Where: C1.11/15

Week 2: Thursday 7^th May 12noon–2pm – Introduction + Chapter 1 Mind

Week 3: Thursday 14^th May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 2 Mind and Body

Week 4: Thursday 21^st May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 3 The Objective Self

Week 5: Thursday 28^th May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 4 Knowledge

Week 6: Thursday 4^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 5 Thought and Reality

Week 7: Thursday 11^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 6 Freedom

Week 8: Thursday 18^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 7 Value

Week 9: Thursday 25^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 8 Ethics

Week 10: Thursday 2^nd July 12noon–2pm – Chapter 9 Living Right and Living Well

Week 11: Thursday 9^th July 12noon–2pm – Chapter 10 Birth, Death, and the Meaning of Life

14/05 12pm-2pm: Summer Seminar 2026: Thomas Nagel, The View from Nowhere

Donna McIntyre — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:11:47 GMT

When: 12pm - 2pm, Thu, 14 May '26

Where: C1.11/15

Week 2: Thursday 7^th May 12noon–2pm – Introduction + Chapter 1 Mind

Week 3: Thursday 14^th May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 2 Mind and Body

Week 4: Thursday 21^st May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 3 The Objective Self

Week 5: Thursday 28^th May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 4 Knowledge

Week 6: Thursday 4^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 5 Thought and Reality

Week 7: Thursday 11^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 6 Freedom

Week 8: Thursday 18^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 7 Value

Week 9: Thursday 25^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 8 Ethics

Week 10: Thursday 2^nd July 12noon–2pm – Chapter 9 Living Right and Living Well

Week 11: Thursday 9^th July 12noon–2pm – Chapter 10 Birth, Death, and the Meaning of Life

21/05 12pm-2pm: Summer Seminar 2026: Thomas Nagel, The View from Nowhere

Donna McIntyre — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:11:47 GMT

When: 12pm - 2pm, Thu, 21 May '26

Where: C1.11/15

Week 2: Thursday 7^th May 12noon–2pm – Introduction + Chapter 1 Mind

Week 3: Thursday 14^th May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 2 Mind and Body

Week 4: Thursday 21^st May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 3 The Objective Self

Week 5: Thursday 28^th May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 4 Knowledge

Week 6: Thursday 4^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 5 Thought and Reality

Week 7: Thursday 11^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 6 Freedom

Week 8: Thursday 18^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 7 Value

Week 9: Thursday 25^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 8 Ethics

Week 10: Thursday 2^nd July 12noon–2pm – Chapter 9 Living Right and Living Well

Week 11: Thursday 9^th July 12noon–2pm – Chapter 10 Birth, Death, and the Meaning of Life

28/05 12pm-2pm: Summer Seminar 2026: Thomas Nagel, The View from Nowhere

Donna McIntyre — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:11:47 GMT

When: 12pm - 2pm, Thu, 28 May '26

Where: C1.11/15

Week 2: Thursday 7^th May 12noon–2pm – Introduction + Chapter 1 Mind

Week 3: Thursday 14^th May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 2 Mind and Body

Week 4: Thursday 21^st May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 3 The Objective Self

Week 5: Thursday 28^th May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 4 Knowledge

Week 6: Thursday 4^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 5 Thought and Reality

Week 7: Thursday 11^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 6 Freedom

Week 8: Thursday 18^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 7 Value

Week 9: Thursday 25^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 8 Ethics

Week 10: Thursday 2^nd July 12noon–2pm – Chapter 9 Living Right and Living Well

Week 11: Thursday 9^th July 12noon–2pm – Chapter 10 Birth, Death, and the Meaning of Life

04/06 12pm-2pm: Summer Seminar 2026: Thomas Nagel, The View from Nowhere

Donna McIntyre — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:11:47 GMT

When: 12pm - 2pm, Thu, 04 Jun '26

Where: C1.11/15

Week 2: Thursday 7^th May 12noon–2pm – Introduction + Chapter 1 Mind

Week 3: Thursday 14^th May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 2 Mind and Body

Week 4: Thursday 21^st May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 3 The Objective Self

Week 5: Thursday 28^th May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 4 Knowledge

Week 6: Thursday 4^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 5 Thought and Reality

Week 7: Thursday 11^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 6 Freedom

Week 8: Thursday 18^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 7 Value

Week 9: Thursday 25^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 8 Ethics

Week 10: Thursday 2^nd July 12noon–2pm – Chapter 9 Living Right and Living Well

Week 11: Thursday 9^th July 12noon–2pm – Chapter 10 Birth, Death, and the Meaning of Life

11/06 12pm-2pm: Summer Seminar 2026: Thomas Nagel, The View from Nowhere

Donna McIntyre — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:11:47 GMT

When: 12pm - 2pm, Thu, 11 Jun '26

Where: C1.11/15

Week 2: Thursday 7^th May 12noon–2pm – Introduction + Chapter 1 Mind

Week 3: Thursday 14^th May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 2 Mind and Body

Week 4: Thursday 21^st May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 3 The Objective Self

Week 5: Thursday 28^th May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 4 Knowledge

Week 6: Thursday 4^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 5 Thought and Reality

Week 7: Thursday 11^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 6 Freedom

Week 8: Thursday 18^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 7 Value

Week 9: Thursday 25^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 8 Ethics

Week 10: Thursday 2^nd July 12noon–2pm – Chapter 9 Living Right and Living Well

Week 11: Thursday 9^th July 12noon–2pm – Chapter 10 Birth, Death, and the Meaning of Life

18/06 12pm-2pm: Summer Seminar 2026: Thomas Nagel, The View from Nowhere

Donna McIntyre — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:11:47 GMT

When: 12pm - 2pm, Thu, 18 Jun '26

Where: C1.11/15

Week 2: Thursday 7^th May 12noon–2pm – Introduction + Chapter 1 Mind

Week 3: Thursday 14^th May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 2 Mind and Body

Week 4: Thursday 21^st May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 3 The Objective Self

Week 5: Thursday 28^th May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 4 Knowledge

Week 6: Thursday 4^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 5 Thought and Reality

Week 7: Thursday 11^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 6 Freedom

Week 8: Thursday 18^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 7 Value

Week 9: Thursday 25^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 8 Ethics

Week 10: Thursday 2^nd July 12noon–2pm – Chapter 9 Living Right and Living Well

Week 11: Thursday 9^th July 12noon–2pm – Chapter 10 Birth, Death, and the Meaning of Life

25/06 12pm-2pm: Summer Seminar 2026: Thomas Nagel, The View from Nowhere

Donna McIntyre — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:11:47 GMT

When: 12pm - 2pm, Thu, 25 Jun '26

Where: C1.11/15

Week 2: Thursday 7^th May 12noon–2pm – Introduction + Chapter 1 Mind

Week 3: Thursday 14^th May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 2 Mind and Body

Week 4: Thursday 21^st May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 3 The Objective Self

Week 5: Thursday 28^th May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 4 Knowledge

Week 6: Thursday 4^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 5 Thought and Reality

Week 7: Thursday 11^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 6 Freedom

Week 8: Thursday 18^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 7 Value

Week 9: Thursday 25^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 8 Ethics

Week 10: Thursday 2^nd July 12noon–2pm – Chapter 9 Living Right and Living Well

Week 11: Thursday 9^th July 12noon–2pm – Chapter 10 Birth, Death, and the Meaning of Life

02/07 12pm-2pm: Summer Seminar 2026: Thomas Nagel, The View from Nowhere

Donna McIntyre — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:11:47 GMT

When: 12pm - 2pm, Thu, 02 Jul '26

Where: C1.11/15

Week 2: Thursday 7^th May 12noon–2pm – Introduction + Chapter 1 Mind

Week 3: Thursday 14^th May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 2 Mind and Body

Week 4: Thursday 21^st May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 3 The Objective Self

Week 5: Thursday 28^th May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 4 Knowledge

Week 6: Thursday 4^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 5 Thought and Reality

Week 7: Thursday 11^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 6 Freedom

Week 8: Thursday 18^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 7 Value

Week 9: Thursday 25^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 8 Ethics

Week 10: Thursday 2^nd July 12noon–2pm – Chapter 9 Living Right and Living Well

Week 11: Thursday 9^th July 12noon–2pm – Chapter 10 Birth, Death, and the Meaning of Life

09/07 12pm-2pm: Summer Seminar 2026: Thomas Nagel, The View from Nowhere

Donna McIntyre — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:11:47 GMT

When: 12pm - 2pm, Thu, 09 Jul '26

Where: C1.11/15

Week 2: Thursday 7^th May 12noon–2pm – Introduction + Chapter 1 Mind

Week 3: Thursday 14^th May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 2 Mind and Body

Week 4: Thursday 21^st May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 3 The Objective Self

Week 5: Thursday 28^th May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 4 Knowledge

Week 6: Thursday 4^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 5 Thought and Reality

Week 7: Thursday 11^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 6 Freedom

Week 8: Thursday 18^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 7 Value

Week 9: Thursday 25^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 8 Ethics

Week 10: Thursday 2^nd July 12noon–2pm – Chapter 9 Living Right and Living Well

Week 11: Thursday 9^th July 12noon–2pm – Chapter 10 Birth, Death, and the Meaning of Life

16/07 12pm-2pm: Summer Seminar 2026: Thomas Nagel, The View from Nowhere

Donna McIntyre — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:11:47 GMT

When: 12pm - 2pm, Thu, 16 Jul '26

Where: C1.11/15

Week 2: Thursday 7^th May 12noon–2pm – Introduction + Chapter 1 Mind

Week 3: Thursday 14^th May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 2 Mind and Body

Week 4: Thursday 21^st May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 3 The Objective Self

Week 5: Thursday 28^th May 12noon–2pm – Chapter 4 Knowledge

Week 6: Thursday 4^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 5 Thought and Reality

Week 7: Thursday 11^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 6 Freedom

Week 8: Thursday 18^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 7 Value

Week 9: Thursday 25^th June 12noon–2pm – Chapter 8 Ethics

Week 10: Thursday 2^nd July 12noon–2pm – Chapter 9 Living Right and Living Well

Week 11: Thursday 9^th July 12noon–2pm – Chapter 10 Birth, Death, and the Meaning of Life

01/06-02/06: “Ontological failure in Heidegger and beyond”

Donna McIntyre — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:37:42 GMT

When: Mon, 01 Jun - Tue, 02 Jun '26

Where: OC0.05

“Ontological failure in Heidegger and beyond”, 1-2 June 2025, Room: OC0.05

25/04 10am-6pm: Ryle Conference

Donna McIntyre — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 09:00:07 GMT

When: 10am - 6pm, Sat, 25 Apr '26

Where: FAB2.43

To mark the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Philosophy at Warwick, the Philosophy Department will hold a one-day conference (25th of April 2026) to celebrate the life and work of one of its Honorary Doctoral Graduates (and one of the pre-eminent philosophers of the 20^th century), Gilbert Ryle. Ryle tends to be associated with a small set of well-known ideas — for example, resistance to Cartesian dualism or the distinction between knowledge-that and knowledge-how. And there has been a widespread tendency to pigeon-hole Ryle as a ‘philosophical behaviourist’. The workshop aims to get beyond caricatures and to promote an appreciation of the depth and breadth of Ryle’s manifold contributions to philosophy, as well as their relevance to contemporary concerns, in philosophy and beyond.

Organisers: Tom Crowther & Johannes Roessler

29/06-30/06: WCPC Conference

Donna McIntyre — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:52:40 GMT

When: Mon, 29 Jun - Tue, 30 Jun '26

The WCPC is an annual event within The Centre for Research in Post-Kantian European Philosophy (University of Warwick). For further information and detailed instructions, please visit our website:
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/philosophy/research/activities/postkantian/events/wcpc/.

24/06 1pm-4pm: End-of-Year Celebration BBQ

Donna McIntyre — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:05:27 GMT

When: 1pm - 4pm, Wed, 24 Jun '26

Where: Social Sciences Courtyard

18/06-19/06: Hold the date - Andrew Cooper memorial event @ Warwick

Donna McIntyre — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 08:59:47 GMT

When: Thu, 18 Jun - Fri, 19 Jun '26

The Life and Work of Andrew Cooper: Reflections and Conversations

On 18-19 June 2026, the Philosophy Department at Warwick will be hosting a commemorative event for Andrew.

The event will run for 1 ½ days and will involve a special guest presentation about Andrew’s most recent work in Tasmania, three roundtable sessions (each devoted to a broad theme in Andrew’s research), and time for personal reminiscences by students and staff.

All are welcome. If you're able to join us, it would be very helpful for planning if you could please register for the event. We will share more details as the planning develops.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the organisers:

Curie Virág curie.virag@warwick.ac.uk.

Karen Simecek k.d.simecek@warwick.ac.uk

30/04 2pm-4pm: WMA Talk - Carol Rovane (Columbia University)

Donna McIntyre — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 08:07:06 GMT

When: 2pm - 4pm, Thu, 30 Apr '26

Where: S0.20

Title TBC

08/05: Workshop: 'The mathematical turn in philosophy'

Donna McIntyre — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:24:43 GMT

When: Fri, 08 May '26

Where: R0.21

Hold the date - further details to follow.

07/05: Workshop: 'The mathematical turn in philosophy'

Donna McIntyre — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:24:05 GMT

When: Thu, 07 May '26

Where: B2.04

Hold the date - further details to follow.

21/04: British Society for the History of Philosophy Graduate Workshop

Donna McIntyre — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:29:18 GMT

When: Wed, 21 Apr '27

Where: Warwick campus - venue TBC

22/04-24/04: British Society for the History of Philosophy Annual Conference

Donna McIntyre — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:27:22 GMT

When: Thu, 22 Apr - Sat, 24 Apr '27

Where: Warwick Campus - venue TBC

02/07-03/07: Hold the date - Andrew Cooper memorial event @ London

Donna McIntyre — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 10:17:06 GMT

When: Thu, 02 Jul - Fri, 03 Jul '26

13/05 4pm-5:45pm: CRPLA talk: 'Appreciation as a Process, and Well-being' with Daniel Star (Boston University)

Donna McIntyre — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 08:26:03 GMT

When: 4pm - 5:45pm, Wed, 13 May '26

Where: S0.17

CRPLA Talk Wed 13 May, 4pm S0.17

Daniel Star (Boston University)

Appreciation as a Process, and Well-being (from a coauthored project with Joel Van Fossen)

Aesthetic appreciation is here understood to be an at least partly conscious process, with respect to which agents exercise a significant degree of intentional control, that involves attending to objects and their aesthetic properties, where such are objects are taken to be worth appreciating aesthetically, and cognitively and affectively engaging with them. There are significant differences between this process and two other mental processes about which more has been written: practical deliberation and epistemic inquiry. Some of the similarities and differences between these processes concern the metaphysics of them, but some concern the value and role of the processes. One important conclusion reached is that appreciation, unlike the other two processes, is primarily to be valued in itself as a process, rather than merely instrumentally in relation to the value of its outcomes. And the fact that this is how appreciation is to be properly valued is closely related to what appreciation does for us, so far as our well-being is concerned. A key alternative for what might be thought to be of primary value as a product of appreciation — correct aesthetic judgment — is considered and rejected.

29/04: Offer Holder Open Day

Donna McIntyre — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 11:52:41 GMT

When: Wed, 29 Apr '26

03/06 10am-1pm: WMA & PKEP Collab - "Agency" Workshop

Donna McIntyre — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 13:04:50 GMT

When: 10am - 1pm, Wed, 03 Jun '26

Where: TBC

03/06 2pm-5pm: WMA & PKEP Collab - "Letting Be" Workshop

Donna McIntyre — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 13:04:37 GMT

When: 2pm - 5pm, Wed, 03 Jun '26

Where: TBC

10/06 1pm-2pm: Philosophy Teaching Exchange (online)

Donna McIntyre — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 11:06:21 GMT

When: 1pm - 2pm, Wed, 10 Jun '26

Where: Microsoft Teams

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17/06 4pm-5:45pm: Departmental Colloquium - Paul Faulkner (Sheffield)

Donna McIntyre — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 07:41:04 GMT

When: 4pm - 5:45pm, Wed, 17 Jun '26

Where: S0.18

06/05 4pm-5:45pm: Departmental Colloquium - Lea Cantor (Cambridge)

Donna McIntyre — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 07:40:36 GMT

When: 4pm - 5:45pm, Wed, 06 May '26

Where: S0.18